Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies (2024)

If you love red velvet, cream cheese frosting, and eating 2 cookies at once – then these red velvet sandwich cookies are for you. Made from scratch, and perfect for Valentine’s Day.

These red velvet sandwich cookies are a soft, chewy, homemade version of red velvet Oreos. They have a delicious hint of cocoa, vibrant red color, and tangy cream cheese frosting. Plus – you get 2 cookies in one.

Which is always a very big plus in my book.

If truth be told, I’ve been tinkering around with red velvet cookie recipes for months. I’m not trying to cheat on my favorite red velvet chocolate chip cookies or anything. It’s just that I wanted red velvet cookies with a really vibrant, beautiful red color so they’d be completely picture perfect.

And I really wanted to make red velvet cookies smothered in cream cheese frosting. Because red velvet cake isn’t complete with cream cheese frosting. So I’m pretty sure our red velvet cookies deserve some creamy, tangy goodness too.

Seriously – you’ll be in love.

Ok – let’s talk specifics.

How to make Homemade Red Velvet Oreos

These red velvet sandwich cookies are made from scratch – but seriously, they couldn’t be easier.

1. Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Pssst – cornstarch makes them extra soft.
2. In a separate bowl, beat together the butter and sugars.
3. Then mix in 1 egg, vanilla extract, red food coloring & vinegar. Vinegar is key for that slightly tangy red velvet taste.
4. Then slowly beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture.

After that, it’s time to form the dough into balls and bake in the oven. You don’t have to chill the dough (YAAAAAAAAS) – but I definitely recommend using a cookie scoop. The dough is pretty sticky, and the red food coloring can make your hands pretty dirty.

Then after the cookies are done baking, it’s time for our cream cheese frosting. Seriously, it’s divine. Completely creamy, slightly tangy, and perfect for sandwiching 2 cookies with.

For todays cream cheese frosting recipe, you’ll notice I added a little shortening in addition to the traditional butter & cream cheese combo. This makes the frosting a little brighter white, plus it make it a little sturdier. If you don’t have shortening on hand – you can definitely substitute it for more butter though.

Then comes the fun part of sandwiching 2 cookies with creamy dreamy frosting. It’s way easier than piping cupcakes. And there might even be a little leftover cream cheese frosting for the hard at work baker 😉

So whether it’s Valentine’s, Christmas, or you’re just in the mood for some red velvet on a regular Friday – these red velvet sandwich cookies are definitely worth turning on your mixer for.